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This could help . . . .

It's a great deal! Amazon is selling it new for $379.00, so I saved nearly $180.00. I bought it for my daughter to take to college next September to order textbooks.

I wouldn't buy this one because it is overpriced but I have a kindle and I use it all the time it is great for reading books without hurting your eyes like the normal back lit tablets do to me.

What generation is this?
The first generation DX has an inferior screen to the Kindle 3.

Easy Downloads of free ebooks from Project Gutenberg in Mobi Format (kindle friendly):
Download this catalog file:
http://freekindlebooks.org/MagicCatalog/MagicCatalog.mobi
to your kindle
then click on any link within the mobi file to download the desired book straight to your kindle.

Just sayin',
wigout

kjrehberg wrote:What generation is this?
The first generation DX has an inferior screen to the Kindle 3.

This version has the newer Pearl screen

Wht not just buy a brand new Fire for the same price?!

Kindle Fires are being sold for the exact same price,and they are much better and have more capabilities than this version of Kindle. Not a good deal in my opinion.

You can get a new Kindle Fire for the same price, better memory, and no shipping costs from a variety of stores and online markets. This is a real dud Woot...

I almost bought this... almost.

The main reason I wanted it would be for reading PDFs for engineering. However after looking at the reviews, the PDF reader is severely crippled on this device. Essentially, there are no features, it simply renders each page as an image and you can 'zoom in' and 'pan' around but cannot change text sizes, adjust layout, annotate or even use the table of contents.

I'll pass. Already have a regular Kindle which is great for reading books.

To those commenting "get a Kindle Fire" - not the same thing at all. Your comparing apples to oranges and honestly have very little idea what you are talking about. The e-ink screen on this is superior in every way for reading compared to the Fire. Backlit LCDs strain the eyes, and have terrible battery life. e-ink can be read for hours, its no different from reading printed text.

1) "Why would I buy this when I can get a fire for the same price?"

It's simple. People who prefer the fire aren't using their kindle for reading.

2) "This isn't even a good deal."

This thing costs $380 on amazon. It comes in at over $200 used. This is a great deal.

The reason it is so much more than lesser kindles is it has a much larger, much more expensive screen. E-ink is a new technology and bigger screens are difficult to produce. Further, lesser kindles are sold at a loss to amazon.

Of course this is a niche product. If it's not worth it to you, don't get it.

kansascitysteve wrote:Be sure to note this does NOT come with a power adapter, rather just a USB cable...

But..pretty much ANY power adapter with a micro USB will be OK.

marziah wrote:I think the Nook Tablet is a better deal for the extra $50, and it is what I recommend to people who ask, but with the caveat that Nook PR hasn't sent me a review unit yet (I'm a tech writer) so I can't confirm some details until I try one out in person. I'll try one out at CES next month, I'm sure.

Wait... You _recommend_ the Nook, but you do not own one and have not used one?? Am I reading your post correctly?

renae78 wrote:That's what I was thinking too.

That's like saying,"Why should I buy a book for $10 when I can buy the video for the same amount of money?" Kindle DX and Kindle Fire are not the same thing. You might get some functionality overlap; Fire might do certain things that DX does but not as well, and vice versa. But they are different. Overall, Fire is a more versatile device. But Swiss army knife isn't the only tool you need. Sometimes, there's no alternative to a specialized device purpose-built to excel at a single function, especially if that's what you spend most of your time doing.

I bought one of these New from Amazon right after Black Friday when they were on sale at $259. Looks like I'll be returning that one and getting this one instead!

Thanks Woot, for saving me $55!!

clarprof83 wrote:So I could send and receive email overseas (Honduras) with this?

Yes, but it won't be fun. The DX has wifi and a painful-to-use web browser.

ride1288 wrote:You can get this NEW at Radioshack for $189.00 and get a $15.00 gift card

This isn't true. Radioshack sells the kindle keyboard (6" screen) for $189, which is the same price as amazon.

The DX has a 9.7" screen and costs $379 on amazon.

Burning-Chrome wrote:Wait... You _recommend_ the Nook, but you do not own one and have not used one?? Am I reading your post correctly?

This is why most reviews I read on the net are total crap. If this other guy is really a tech reviewer, then go to a B&M Barnes and Noble and run the gauntlet by the entrance where the employee drones all but try to stab you with Nooks of various sizes while you walk by. It's a little bit more harrowing than just sitting there waiting for a free review unit, but it has the benefit of lending some amount of validity and substance to the reviews, if he cares about such things...

Well, I picked up two of these for my 17 yr old twin daughter's, hope they like them and use them??

Finally, the price is matched:
Normal kindle $79
Kindle DX $200
200/79 = about 2.5 (ratio between the two screen sizes)

on a side note, last time kindle was on woot, I think it was because the next day they are coming out with a new version, keeping that in mind, we might have a Kindle DX2 tomorrow.

In for one for the 85 year old grandfather, because:

1) he has no internet at all, has never used it, so 3G cannot be beat

2) awesome screen size especially for the grandfather's aging eyeballs

3) the "experimental browser" is very slow and unwieldy for those of us used to computers (I have blogged off my regular Kindle, but it is tedious). However, it's faster than my first email (Prodigy!) and easier to use than that was too. And this will be my grandfather's first foray into Wikipedia, etc. It's perfect for him.

As a gateway into internetity, and an amazing scalable reader, I think this is a perfect senior citizen device!

Next year he can have an iPad.

Russ__F wrote:They don't compare. The $249 Nook Tablet is a 7" screen, not 9.7". The Nook is LCD, not eInk. Last, the Tablet has wifi, not free 3G; in my opinion, I'd rather have wifi than 3G, but to me, for the purpose of reading full page articles and newspapers, and living away from the wall outlet, the Kindle DX wins.

The comparison I was addressing in that response was between the Fire and the Nook Tablet, which do compare on a much more apples to apples basis.

TheGreenHornetVsKato wrote:You guys who are looking to surf the web on a freaking E-reader is gonna get a rude awakening... the whole point of a Kindle or any of those e-inks is to read a book like paper, it doesn't strain the eyes like pad/laptop would...

My eyes don't get strained reading from tablets, and I read books on my phone before I had tablets, so it really just depends on the person. I know other people that get migraines from reading screens. That said, the battery life is many, many times better on the e-ink. The ability to read in the dark, notsomuch.

Hmm...I might start reading again...

If I didn't already have a Xoom, I'd be all over this. I'm skill kind of tempted. I've been coveting the Kindle DX for my RPG manuals (the kind you play in person with dice, not computer games).

Yeah, I have the pdfs and can read them on the tablet, but the e-ink and battery life are real selling points.

I have a first generation Kindle and it really is a nice reading experience even with the old design. The new design and DX size looks nifty.

lorf wrote:Anyone have any experience using the DX with Safari Books Online?

I don't believe it's compatible. They've got an iPad app, and their mobile browser lists the following:
Safari Books Online’s mobile website supports the following devices:
All iOS 3+ devices
All Android 1.5+ (supported without prefetching), 2.1+ (supported with prefetching)
Blackberry 6, PlayBook (Blackberry Tablet)

Does anyone have experience with Amazon's experimental PDF document conversion service (or any other)? Does it generally work well or is it easy to trip it up with moderately complex formatting?

alwynbilly wrote:probably not too easily. the 3G issue is very useful, but since it is free, it is limited to courtesy items like Wikipedia and the Amazon store. For other stuff, like you mention, it may actually shut you out, since it costs Amazon a lot to provide limitless data packets.

folks who take umbrage at this also complain when their free lunch is not to their liking... i personally love my smaller Kindle keyboard with 3G...

alwynbilly, Great Falls MT

You get as good of a web browsing experience as the crippled browser and slow-to-refresh e-ink screen allow. (And keep in mind this is NOT the webkit-based browser in the Kindle 3/Keyboard. It's the older one from the Kindle 2 that's even worse.) It looks like Amazon has switched off 3G for general browsing in the Kindle Touch 3G so they may one day extend that change to this and other similar-vintage 3G Kindles but so far they have not.

I love my DX, but I didn't find it as amazing at first as I do now, mainly thanks to Calibre.

Calibre is a free digital library manager for your books, and can convert between formats, including PDF.

WIth all of the free out of copyright classic books you can download from Amazon and other sources, you basically won't need to buy any books at all ever again.

Burning-Chrome wrote:Wait... You _recommend_ the Nook, but you do not own one and have not used one?? Am I reading your post correctly?

Let me be more precise. When people ask me, I recommend they *look* at the Nook over the Fire, and I've always been upfront about the fact that I haven't had a chance to use one myself. I have used the Nook Color, so it's not like I'm shooting totally blind here.

I'll keep my HP Touch Pad for $99..

We have a Kindle Fire, and it's great.

BUT - free 3g, the amazingly readable white screen, AND THE FREAKING PRICE!!! - make this an awesome, awesome deal.

Sooo tempted, but we swore we were through buying stuff for the year.

Honestly.. you dont need the 3g for this
so the FIRE is the way to go

Woot woot woot.
Have been on the fence about the kindle for a while but this deal just made me leap over with the highest jump you could see (apart from the Olympic ones of course, and not to count my broken bones on the landing so I can rest and read it).

marziah wrote:My eyes don't get strained reading from tablets, and I read books on my phone before I had tablets, so it really just depends on the person. I know other people that get migraines from reading screens. That said, the battery life is many, many times better on the e-ink. The ability to read in the dark, notsomuch.

Of course the ability to read outside, by the pool or on the beach, with an IPS display and its glossy goodness makes for a not so fun experience. With the e-Ink display - pure delight.

And I know from whence I speak as I have a Nook Color, Notion Ink Adam w/ Pixel Qi display, iPad, and 2nd and 3rd gen. 6" Kindles and three of my immediate family have this DX.

If I'm outside reading - the Kindle CRUSHES the other devices. Inside, take your pick, but I find the reading much easier with the high contrast, non-backlit Kindles. As a pure reading device it's hard to top this thing.

The product description says this Kindle comes with a 1 year warranty from Amazon. Right above that is a button to purchase a 1 year warranty from "Square Trade" for $31.99... Am I missing something here? Why would I pay for a warranty that is already provided free?

Warranty?
What sort of warranty does this come with? Could not see a mention in the description?

janecollins wrote:Warranty?
What sort of warranty does this come with? Could not see a mention in the description?

On the main Woot page, about 1/8 of the way down under the yellow box talking about shipping is this:
Warranty: 1 Year Kindle

Number one woot! from a new woot!er! The DX was an easy decision since I got tired of lugging textbooks, plus a computer, around last semester.

Gotta say this: Two weeks ago, I was a (somewhat) normal functioning person (you may get arguments about that from some). Then, last week, one of my colleagues asked to borrow my computer to check woot!.

"woot!? what's that?"

Now, thanks to woot!, every freakin’ morning, before I leave for work, before I feed the dogs, even before I turn on the Keurig to make that first scrumptious cup of plastic coffee that I cannot face the day without, I simply MUST check woot!. It’s an evil compulsion, I tell you. woot! may be an even more evil-genius brain-sucking slug than Apple. Maybe I can convince my wife to start a woot!-anon group…

Does this one come with the ads (offers) that other Kindles display when you're not reading? You pay a higher price with the other Kindles to not see the ads.